Comparison

Smart IV vs Torn Tools

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Smart IV

This app provides real-time IV scanning for your Pokémon without exiting the game. It helps identify perfect IV Pokémon and discover their abilities, enhancing your gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time IV scanning
  • 100% IV checker
  • Discover Pokémon abilities
  • In-game overlay
  • Free to use
Features
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Smart IV is a FREE Pokémon GO IV scanner that seamlessly gives details about your Pokémon without leaving the game. 100% IV Checker tells if your Pokémon is 100% IV even before catching the Pokémon. Discover all Pokémon and their abilities within Smart IV. DISCLAIMER Smart IV is a third-party application to help trainers to get in touch with each other. It is not affiliated with Pokémon GO, Niantic, Nintendo, or The Pokémon Company. EULA Please visit https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Torn Tools

Enhance your gameplay in a text-based role-playing game with helpful scripts. This tool offers visual improvements, streamlines repetitive tasks, and provides valuable statistics to improve your gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Visual enhancements
  • Streamlined repetitive actions
  • In-game statistics
  • Game experience improvement
  • Helpful scripts
Features
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Several Tools for Torn This extension is for an online text-based role-playing game Torn. It is packed with lots of small but helpful scripts that enhance the game experience. The extension will help with visuals, ease repetitive actions & give statistics.

Screenshots

Smart IV4 screens
Torn Tools2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torn Tools at none against Smart IV's 1. Torn Tools also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 40%). Smart IV's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 5) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smart IV sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Torn Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart IV holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart IV has 1.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Smart IV's written reviews are positive against 67% of Torn Tools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart IV ships an update every 8 days, Torn Tools every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Smart IV versus Torn Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart IVTorn Tools
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPYDE TECHNOLOGIES LTDZach Wozniak

Customer experience

Smart IV

All ratings1,138 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive39.7%
Neutral13.5%
Negative46.8%

Torn Tools

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Smart IV

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Broadcast session issues
  • Inability to update trainer level
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Display exact IV percentages instead of just 'maybe 100%'
  • Add support for Master League data
  • Allow sorting of Pokémon

Torn Tools

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart IV

Subscriptions1
  • Smart IV Mega Collector$1.991 Month
None

Torn Tools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart IV free?
Smart IV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Torn Tools free?
Torn Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart IV or Torn Tools?
Smart IV is rated higher. Smart IV averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Torn Tools averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Smart IV or Torn Tools have ads?
Smart IV shows ads; Torn Tools does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart IV or Torn Tools?
Smart IV ships an update every 8 days, and Torn Tools every 6 weeks. Most recently, Smart IV was updated on October 30, 2026 and Torn Tools on October 21, 2026.

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